decimated

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

v.  大量毁灭，大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人); 严重破坏; 大大削弱
decimate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：decimated　过去分词：decimated　

BNC.41613 / COCA.29563

柯林斯词典

• VERB 大批杀死;大量毁灭
  Todecimatesomething such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  1. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers...
     污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。
  2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
     加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。
• VERB 严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构)
  Todecimatea system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
  1. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
     使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

双语例句

• But television has not gone the way of the music business, which was decimated by the web.
  然而，电视没有像音乐产业那样被网络摧毁。
• Apart from foreign exchange and a decimated unit for rates and credit trading, almost all fixed income businesses will be shut down.
  除了外汇和一个大幅缩小的利率和信贷交易部门，几乎所有固定收益产品业务都将被关闭。
• The disaster of the hollow road had decimated, but not discouraged them.
  那条凹路的灾害损伤了他们的元气，却不会伤及他们的勇气。
• The current environmental stresses on oysters may in fact be partially responsible for recent outbreaks of disease that have already decimated many eastern oyster beds.
  当前环境对牡蛎带来的压力实际上也许在一定程度上与近期疾病的爆发导致很多东岸牡蛎床的大规模破坏有关。
• The massive air-raids decimated the civilian population of the city.
  空袭使这座城市里的大部分平民遇难。
• They also decimated the population of Earth as part of their plan to reduce it to more manageable numbers.
  他们也大量的残杀了地球上的人口，作为他们计划的一部分就是去减少人口的数量已达到更好控制的目的。
• Don McCullin recorded the destruction of lives and families decimated by HIV/ AIDS in South Africa and Zambia.
  DonMcCullin记录了南非和赞比亚遭受艾滋病毒/艾滋病破坏的生活和家庭。
• Many other large companies have also seen their profits decimated by a slump in sales and a rise in the value of the yen.
  其他大公司也由于销售不景气和日圆的升值，公司利润都大幅亏损。
• Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer
  任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
• And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.
  一旦突然发生火灾或因其它灾难而大批死亡，栖息地少而孤立的种群将很难恢复。